International Open 1983

International Open 1983 Jameson Whiskey International Open 1983
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Attendees:	69
Venue:	Eldon Square Recreation Center , Newcastle upon Tyne , England
Opening:	October 1, 1983
Endgame:	October 9, 1983
Defending champion:	Tony Knowles
Winner:	Steve Davis
Finalist:	Cliff Thorburn
Highest Break:	120 ( Steve Davis )
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The Jameson Whiskey International Open 1984 were a professional snooker world ranking tournament for the 1982/83 season . The tournament was played from October 1 to 9, 1983 at Eldon Square Recreation Center in the English city ​​of Newcastle upon Tyne . The winner was the Englishman Steve Davis , who defeated the Canadian Cliff Thorburn 9: 4 in the final. Davis also played the highest break of the tournament with a 120 break.

Prize money

As in previous years, the Irish whiskey distillery Jameson sponsored the tournament. In contrast to the previous year, the prize money increased by £ 7,500 to £ 81,000, of which a good 30% went to the winner.

	Prize money
winner	£ 24,000
finalist	£ 12,000
Semi-finalist	£ 6,000
Quarter finalist	£ 3,000
Round of 16	£ 1,500
Last 32	600 pounds
All in all	£ 81,000

Tournament course

As in the previous year, at the International Open, which was regularly broadcast on TV from this edition as the first ranking tournament of the season, the sixteen best-placed players in the world rankings were placed directly for the main round and each met one of the sixteen in the round of the last 32 Qualifiers. Up to and including the quarter-finals, the knockout system was played in the best of 9 frames mode , followed by the semi-finals and the final in the best of 17 frames mode .

	Round of the last 32 best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 17 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Steve Davis	5
	35	Eugene Hughes	1
						1	Steve Davis	5
						42	Mike Watterson	0
	15th	Tony Meo	3
	42	Mike Watterson	5
											1	Steve Davis	5
											21st	Silvino Francisco	1
	7th	Kirk Stevens	-
	21st	Silvino Francisco	5
						21st	Silvino Francisco	5
						41	Jim Donnelly	1
	10	David Taylor	3
	41	Jim Donnelly	5
																1	Steve Davis	9
																6th	Eddie Charlton	2
	2	Ray Reardon	5
	27	Murdo MacLeod	2
						2	Ray Reardon	0
						18th	Willie Thorne	5
	14th	John Virgo	2
	18th	Willie Thorne	5
											18th	Willie Thorne	0
											6th	Eddie Charlton	5
	6th	Eddie Charlton	5
	23	Joe Johnson	2
						6th	Eddie Charlton	5
						oR	Mario Morra	3
	11	Jimmy White	3
	oR	Mario Morra	5
																					1	Steve Davis	9
																					3	Cliff Thorburn	4th
	3	Cliff Thorburn	5
	26th	Eddie Sinclair	0
						3	Cliff Thorburn	5
						13	Dennis Taylor	3
	13	Dennis Taylor	5
	19th	Dean Reynolds	3
											3	Cliff Thorburn	5
											12	Doug Mountjoy	2
	5	Alex Higgins	2
	29	Dave Martin	5
						29	Dave Martin	0
						12	Doug Mountjoy	5
	12	Doug Mountjoy	5
	24	Mark Wildman	4th
																3	Cliff Thorburn	9
																9	Terry Griffiths	8th
	4th	Tony Knowles	5
	34	Ray Edmonds	1
						4th	Tony Knowles	4th
						16	John Spencer	5
	16	John Spencer	5
	oR	Paddy Morgan	1
											16	John Spencer	4th
											9	Terry Griffiths	5
	8th	Bill Werbeniuk	3
	49	George Scott	5
						49	George Scott	0
						9	Terry Griffiths	5
	9	Terry Griffiths	5
	22nd	Graham Miles	2

final

In the final, the reigning world champion and world numbering leader Steve Davis from England and the ex-world champion and world numbering leader Canadian Cliff Thorburn, two top players, who thanks to their world championship titles both had already won at least one world ranking tournament. Davis had made it to the semi-finals with sovereign victories over Eugene Hughes , Mike Watterson and Silvino Francisco and made the finals there with a clear 9-2 win over the Australian Eddie Charlton . His opponent Thorburn reached the semifinals with three more frames lost and wins over Eddie Sinclair , Dennis Taylor and Doug Mountjoy , where he knocked down Terry Griffiths from Welsh 9: 8 and thus in the decider .

Davis dominated the beginning of the match and took a 4-0 lead before Thorburn halved the deficit to 4-2. But Davis then restored his lead 6: 2 before Thorburn came up to 6: 3 and 7: 4. But with a 74:14 and a 77:14 Davis managed to win the last two missing frames, which he won the game and thus the tournament 9: 4.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Eldon Square Recreation Center ,  Newcastle upon Tyne , England , October 9, 1983
Steve Davis	9 : 4	Cliff Thorburn
93 : 47 (74), 79 : 36 (74), 61 : 40, 125 : 0 (58, 53), 0: 124 (63, 61), 22: 113 (87), 93 : 11, 51 : 50 , 55: 62 , 79 : 6 (55), 39: 69 , 74 : 14, 77 : 14
74	Highest break	87
-	Century breaks	-
5	50+ breaks	3

qualification

As in the previous year, all players who were not in the top sixteen places in the world rankings or who were not placed had to qualify in advance. This qualification was played from September 3 to 11, 1983 in the best of 9 frames mode . In the first round, all players from 28th place and up and the unseeded players competed against each other in a total of 21 games, with the 21 winners then facing the remaining players outside the top sixteen ranks, whereby the sixteen qualifiers for the main round were determined.

First round

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	(28)  Fred Davis	15 : 15	Billy Kelly  (oR)
2	(29)  Dave Martin	15 : 15	David Greaves  (oR)
3	(30)  Rex Williams	15 : 15	Doug French  (oR)
4th	(32)  Mike Hallett	25 : 25	Colin Roscoe  (46)
5	(33)  John Dunning	53: 53	Bob Harris  (oR)
6th	(34)  Ray Edmonds	15 : 15	Jackie Rea  (oR)
7th	(35)  Eugene Hughes	4th5 : 45	Mick Fisher  (37)
8th	(36)  Les Dodd	51: 51	Matt Gibson  (oR)
9	(38)  Jack Fitzmaurice	54: 54th	Paddy Morgan  (oR)
10	(39)  John Campbell	52: 52	Eddie McLaughlin  (OR)
11	(40)  Ian Black	53: 53	Warren King  (OR)
12	(41)  Jim Donnelly	15 : 15	Bernard Bennett  (oR)
13	(42)  Mike Watterson	35 : 35	Bert Demarco  (oR)
14th	(47)  Clive Everton	51: 51	Roy Andrewartha  (oR)
15th	(49)  George Scott	05 : 05	Pat Houlihan  (oR)
16	(oR)  Tommy Murphy	25 : 25	Dessie Sheehan  (oR)
17th	(oR)  Mario Morra	35 : 35	Paul Watchorn  (oR)
18th	(oR)  Paul Medati	05 : 05	Vic Harris  (oR)
19th	(oR)  Dennis Hughes	05 : 05	Maurice Parkin  (oR)
20th	(oR)  Geoff Foulds	25 : 25	Pascal Burke  (oR)
21st	(oR)  Mike Darrington	35 : 35	Ian Williamson  (oR)

Round of the last 48

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
2	(17)  Perrie Mans	54: 54th	Mike Watterson  (42)
3	(18)  Willie Thorne	25 : 25	Tommy Murphy  (oR)
6th	(19)  Dean Reynolds	35 : 35	Rex Williams  (30)
16	(20)  Cliff Wilson	51: 51	Jim Donnelly  (oR)
14th	(21)  Silvino Francisco	25 : 25	Mike Darrington  (oR)
9	(22)  Graham Miles	35 : 35	Warren King  (OR)
12	(23)  Joe Johnson	15 : 15	Dennis Hughes  (oR)
1	(24)  Mark Wildman	25 : 25	Bob Harris  (oR)
10	(25)  Patsy Fagan	50: 50	Dave Martin  (oR)
4th	(26)  Eddie Sinclair	4th5 : 45	Roy Andrewartha  (oR)
11	(27)  Murdo MacLeod	35 : 35	Paul Medati  (oR)
8th	(28)  Fred Davis	53: 53	Paddy Morgan  (oR)
7th	(32)  Mike Hallett	53: 53	Mario Morra  (oR)
15th	(34)  Ray Edmonds	15 : 15	Eddie McLaughlin  (OR)
13	(35)  Eugene Hughes	15 : 15	Geoff Foulds  (OR)
5	(49)  George Scott	35 : 35	Matt Gibson  (oR)

Century Breaks

During the entire tournament, seven players played a total of eight Century Breaks , three of which were played in the main round and five in the qualification.

Main round

• Steve Davis : 120 , 100
• Cliff Thorburn : 104

qualification

Mike Hallett 129 Warren King 112 Mario Morra 106

Willie Thorne 105 Graham Miles 101

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ron Florax: 1983 International Open. CueTracker.net, accessed September 7, 2019 .  
2. ^ ^{A b} Ron Florax: 1983 International Open - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed September 7, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Chris Turner: International Open / Goya Matchroom Trophy - World Ranking Event from 1982. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on September 7, 2019 (English).  
4. ^ Ron Florax: Rankings - 1983-1984. CueTracker.net, accessed September 7, 2019 .